Checkpoint for Wednesday 7 May 2025

5:47 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about after years of talks, Britain securing a trade deal with India, a British bank saying AI is being used in a prevalent Whatsapp scam… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.The tourism industry is eager to welcome more visitors as a leader warns growth must have the blessing of Kiwis to be successful. The country's largest tourism business event, TRENZ, is underway in… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.A kick in the guts and a blatant shameful attack on women. That's how critics have described changes to pay equity legislation that have been rammed through parliament. The changes put an immediate… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Bill McCaw, who played the first of his 32 matches in black in 1951, passed away yesterday at the age of 97. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

5:16 PM.India has attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missile strikes, killing at least eight people. Pakistan called the attack a blatant act of war. Experts say a retaliatory attack in imminent… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Convicted double murderer Mark Lundy was on Wednesday released from prison, after being granted parole last month. The Parole Board also released the written decision outlining its reasons for… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.The government's radical overhaul of pay equity laws is having its final reading in Parliament, with opposition parties fuming that the controversial reforms are being rail-roaded through under… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.The unemployment rate is sitting unchanged at 5.1 percent - despite warnings it might hit a near decade long high of 5.3 percent. The numbers also show some regions have seen an uptick in the number… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.Steroids and other performance and image enhancing drugs are becoming more common in drug checking clinics. KnowYourStuff and the New Zealand Needle Exchange programme say the amount of people… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Whanganui District Council is trialling a so called citizens assembly to help it decide the future of the city's public pools. Almost 400 people applied and 40 have been randomly selected, using… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.Earlier on Wednesday, India launched air strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan administered Kashmir. The targets are the deepest India has hit inside the country since the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. At least… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.Netball's ANZ Premiership gets under way this weekend, but it's one of the game's absent stars that's still garnering the most attention in the build-up. Silver Ferns shooter Grace Nweke is plying her… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.A family violence support agency said police are undoing decades of hard work by not attending some domestic violence callouts that are considered mental-health related. Last year, police announced a… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.A decision to ban off lead dogs from a popular Auckland park has some residents gearing up for a fight. Auckland Council's currently reviewing dog rules at dozens of local and regional parks and… Read more Audio